Working with VR180 Video

Learn how create interactive VR180 stereo or mono video panoramas that can be viewed on the computer, mobiles, VR headsets and Apple's Vision Pro.

Create an interactive VR180 Video

1. Drag in the video to the Viewer or Tour Browser. It will immediately look distorted. Head to step 2 to fix this.

   

2. For Input Video Type, change it to VR180 for a mono video or to VR180 Stereo for a stereo video. A dialog will appear asking if the Input Image Type should also be changed. Choose, Yes. The Video in the viewer should look correct now. For stereo video panoramas, make sure to select the correct stereo pairing.

   

   If there are more nodes, you can copy the Input Image type and stereo pairings to all nodes in the tour.

3. (Optional) Add point and polygon hotspots creating tour node hotspots, info hotspots, etc. Learn how to add tracking hotspots.

4. (Optional) Add pinned elements. Pinned elements get pinned to the panorama, so they will move with it.

5. Add a skin. The skin provides the interactivity and icons for point hotspots.

6. Generate the output and test the project. As of now the project is not on the internet, but rather it is opened with the Integrated Web Server. Once you’re satisfied with the project, upload to your web server, export it as a Package File for a CMS, or upload to the Gnome Cloud.

Create a backplate

VR180 fills only half of the sphere and leaves the other half empty. The other half will appear black when viewed on the desktop and devices. However, when in immersive view, the other half can be “filled”. For example you could place your logo there.

A simple way to create the backplate is to create a 2:1 image:

1. Open the Input Image (preview image) in your favorite image editor. Right click on the file name and choose Show in Finder or Show in Explorer.

   

2. In the image editor, make the canvas a 2:1 aspect ratio.

3. Move the stereo image to one half of the canvas. And add your logo to the other half. Change the stereo pairing if necessary.

4. Save and export.

This backplate will only appear in immersive view.

See also…

• Working Stereo Panoramas
• Building tours for WebXR